Climate averages 1991–2020

Khasnahzān weather
in April.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.2°C Daytime mean, April

Average low 9.0°C Night-time mean, April

Rainfall 89 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

April is a warm month in Khasnahzān: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Erbil (12 km away). In April its highs average 23.7°C, 1.5°C warmer than Khasnahzān, with 62 mm of rain.

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Khasnahzān ranks 48th of 59 for the warmest April highs and 54th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Khasnahzān is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 39 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Khasnahzān climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Khasnahzān, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	10.2°C-0.1°C	-0.1°C	121	11.9	10.010 h
February	11.9°C0.8°C	0.8°C	117	11.9	10.811 h
March	16.3°C4.3°C	4.3°C	121	12.3	11.912 h
April, selected	22.2°C9.0°C	9.0°C	89	10.6	13.113 h
May	29.1°C14.4°C	14.4°C	39	6.9	14.114 h
June	36.1°C20.1°C	20.1°C	2.3	0.9	14.615 h
July	40.0°C24.2°C	24.2°C	0.7	0.3	14.414 h
August	39.8°C23.7°C	23.7°C	0.4	0.2	13.514 h
September	34.8°C19.0°C	19.0°C	2.0	0.7	12.412 h
October	27.8°C13.9°C	13.9°C	38	4.6	11.311 h
November	18.2°C6.3°C	6.3°C	80	7.9	10.310 h
December	12.3°C1.8°C	1.8°C	106	9.9	9.710 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

April in nearby cities

Distance from Khasnahzān

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Khasnahzān) is explained once on the Khasnahzān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.